Monklands East (UK Parliament constituency)

Monklands East
Former constituency
for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of Scotland	Monklands
1983 (1983)–1997 (1997)
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Airdrie & Shotts

Monklands East was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 until 1997. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post voting system. For the 1997 general election, it was replaced in part by Airdrie and Shotts.

It was previously held by the former Leader of the Opposition John Smith.

Boundaries

The constituency included the town of Airdrie and the eastern part of the town of Coatbridge, together with villages such as Chapelhall, Calderbank, Plains, Caldercruix, and Greengairs.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1983	Rt Hon John Smith	Labour
	1994 by-election	Helen Liddell	Labour
1997		constituency abolished: see Airdrie and Shotts

Election results

Monklands East by-election, 1994
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Helen Liddell	16,950	49.8	−11.5
	SNP	Kay Ullrich	15,320	44.9	+26.9
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Gallagher	878	2.6	−2.0
	Conservative	Susan Bell	799	2.3	−13.7
	Independent	Abi Bremner	69	0.2	N/A
	Natural Law	Duncan Patterson	58	0.2	N/A
Majority			1,640	4.9	−42.4
Turnout				70.0	−5.0
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Monklands East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Smith	22,266	61.3	+0.3
	SNP	J. Wright	6,554	18.0	+5.1
	Conservative	S. Walters	5,830	16.1	−6.8
	Liberal Democrat	P. W. Ross	1,679	4.6	−4.8
Majority			15,712	43.3	−0.9
Turnout				75.0	+0.2
	Labour hold		Swing

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 3)

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Islwyn	Constituency represented by the Leader of the Opposition 1992 – 1994	Succeeded by Derby South